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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183965659" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183965659">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>Some times people post follow-up topics by adding a suffix to an existing topic</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183965679" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183965679">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>example: <a href="#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/design.20meeting.202019-12-13.20follow-up/near/183859010" title="#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/design.20meeting.202019-12-13.20follow-up/near/183859010">https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/design.20meeting.202019-12-13.20follow-up/near/183859010</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183965728" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183965728">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>however, in the zulip UI, the title of the topic is so long that the ui presenting the topic list elides the end, just putting "..."</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183965748" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183965748">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>and there is no way I can see to force a wider window for the topic list</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183965767" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183965767">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>and thus its very easy for me to accidentally click the follow-up when my intent was to click the original</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183965782" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183965782">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>Should I be filing a bug about the fact that I cannot control the width</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183965784" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183965784">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>?</p>



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<p>or should I be advising zulip users to eschew making suffixes the sole differentiator between two topics?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how%20to%20make%20topic%20list%20ui%20wider%3F/near/183966476" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/how.20to.20make.20topic.20list.20ui.20wider.3F.html#183966476">(Dec 20 2019 at 19:43)</a>:</h4>
<p>I would eschew suffixes personally, because not everyone is going to bump things up</p>



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<p>and generally if it's a follow-up on the same topic, then use the same thread, and if it's a different topic then there's no need to 'link back' via the name</p>



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